Veteran devs: a year of vibe coding may now leave you at a disadvantage
josh_wills · x · 2026-10-08
Udi Wertheimer argues that a year of vibe coding can be a disadvantage: expectations of models like Opus 5.5 are too low and workflows overly complex—just tell the model what you want. David Crawshaw agrees and shares his practice of periodically probing model limits with failing tasks to recalibrate, calling this an era of humility.
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